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The Interpretive Center at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores is now open, along with a second pedestrian bridge. The two bridges are at either end of the park’s two-mile beachfront. The center’s interactive exhibits about the natural history...
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The Kittrell-Milling Motor Company building that is part of Mobile’s Automobile Alley Historic District has been readapted as the new home of Precision Engineering Company. The 1926 building was transformed by architect Henry Norris of Henry Norris & Associates,...
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Tucked in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Sylacauga is Pursell Farms, a sprawling 3,200-acre resort that offers sweeping views of several counties. In March, Pursell Farms opened the doors to the Inn, the latest in the resort’s...
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Long celebrated as a historic railroad town, the city of Opelika has a new logo and brand identity that continues to honor this tradition. Rail lines made mid-19th century Opelika an economic hub and a center for shipping cotton...
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Alabama’s only public liberal arts college – the University of Montevallo – is getting a new arts center which the dean of the College of Fine Arts Steven Peters says “has the potential to be the creative engine for...
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Visitors will soon have an additional place to learn more about an important event in Alabama’s history. The Montgomery Interpretive Center – which commemorates the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March – is set to open in early 2019. Located...
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Like most communities, Huntsville has many streets that were designed solely for automobiles. So, with the help of a Smart Growth America grant the Huntsville Planning Commission recently adopted the Complete Streets policy to makes its streets usable for...
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Downtown Birmingham’s skyline is about to get a revitalization of a turn-of-the-20th century, 14-story neo-gothic style building known as the Commerce Center, notes Dave Branch, project manager of Fifth Dimension Architecture & Interiors. The Birmingham firm was chosen to...
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Vulcan – the 50-ton statue of the Roman god of fire and metals – has overlooked Birmingham from atop Red Mountain since the 1930s. Thanks to the newly opened Kiwanis Centennial Park at Vulcan Park and Museum, the statue...
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